Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge
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The Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge carrying Lang Road over Blow-me-down Brook in the town of Cornish, near its northern border with Plainfield, New Hampshire. Built in 1877, the kingpost structure is one of the state's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge is located in a rural section of Cornish, spanning Blow-me-down Brook on Lang Road a short way west of its junction with Platt Road. The bridge structure incorporates a single-span multiple kingpost truss that spans 85 feet (26 m) and has a roadway 14 feet (4.3 m) wide. It rests on natural granite ledges which have been levelled with dry-laid stone. It is covered by a metal roof, with vertical board siding on the sides and around the portals. The bridge was built in 1877 by James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903) for $528 (equivalent to $15,964 in 2025). The bridge was restored in 1980, and again in 2002. Its single lane is open to vehicular traffic, with a posted weight limit. Blacksmith Shop or Kenyon Bridge, foot traffic only National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire Media related to Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons Blow-Me-Down Bridge, New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources (dated info)
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When was Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge listed on the National Register?
Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1978.
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Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge is recorded as the industrial era.
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